Using Fare Tracker to Get Savings on Favorite Destinations

Here's one more way I try and keep an eye on getting the lowest airfares. Travelocity's Fare-Watcher keeps an eye out for any drops in price for my five chosen itineraries, and sends me an e-mail whenever the lower price occurs. That way, instead of always looking for airfare wars and maybe missing some, I can let the system notify me. Costs nothing and the sign-up is pretty simple.

Many of us probably have a few airline routes that we'd be most apt to fly. For some it might be to where family members live, or some other place we might have reason to visit at different times through the year. Travelocity.com has a Fare-Tracker that has space for five specific itineraries, and lets you enter the parameters when you wish to be notified.

You can choose to be notified when the fare drops below a certain dollar amount. If you know the usual base fare is $350, you could choose to get an e-mail anytime Travelocity reports a fare under $275, $295 or whatever your choice.

The other option, if you're not sure of the regular fare, is to have them send you an e-mail whenever the fare drops a certain amount below what's regular. So you could choose to get an e-mail if the fare drops by $25, $50 or whatever might make it worth checking out.

The itineraries must be specific as far as airports, so if you want to check fares from the San Francisco area, you might choose to look at both Oakland and San Francisco airports - those would be two itineraries.

You can change any of the Fare-Watcher itineraries or parameters any time, so you don't feel locked in when you first sign up.

Travelocity.com Fare Watcher: a handy little tool just to check up on those trips you probably need to take sometime. This way, maybe a savings pops up that's enough that you might take advantage and say hello to that special someone or someplace.